Gatt suffered the undisclosed knee injury during Molde’s 3-1 win vs. Sarpsborg on June 29th. The timing of the injury led to Gatt being replaced on the U.S. Gold Cup team by Brek Shea.

Details on the specifics of Gatt’s injury have yet to surface, but given the fact he is expected to be sidelined for more than three months at least, it sounds as though Gatt suffered some major structural damage to his knee.

The 21-year-old winger was in line to play a role in the Gold Cup, and potentially build on his two U.S. National Team caps, but now his latest injury setback threatens to keep him out of the USMNT mix until early 2014 at the earliest.

The timing of the injury also puts a dent into the possibility of a transfer move for the young midfielder, who had impressed since joining Molde and helping them win the Norwegian League title in 2011 and 2012.

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Hope he recovers quickly and fully. However, he’s not getting anywhere near the national team until he improves his game considerably. All I’ve seen him do is basically dribble head down until he loses the ball. That may have worked in 1870 but the modern game requires a little more nuance.

I hope Josh Gatt isn’t another elite athlete whose potential and career are dismantled because of injuries. He is so young, but he has to get these injuries behind him. Good luck to him during his rehab.

He should get with Stuart Holden and his re-hab team…then they can work out together and do some of Stu’s webisodes with a new “Holden On To What You Gatt”, “Gatt to be Holden On To Brazil”……etc…I will let them figure out the details…

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